https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/31Dec24-Best-of-2024-KISS-Homecoming.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There perhaps has never been a homecoming dance like the 1975 Cadillac, Michigan version.  The students and the entire town…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/30Dec24-Best-of-2024-Lancaster-Circus.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Lancaster, Missouri is not a big town, but in the 1920s, the circuses came to town.  And yes, I did…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/27Dec24-Best-of-2024-Little-America.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This place isn’t really a town, yet it has its own zip code.  Sometimes it’s a bit of a game…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/26Dec24-Best-of-2024-Ismay-Montana.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ll need to drive on six miles of gravel roads from the highway to get to the tiny town of…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/25Dec24-Bevin-Bells-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Bells are often associated with the Christmas holiday.  There is one bell in one classic Christmas movie that remains a…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/24Dec24-Bevin-Bells-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Bells sometimes signal the beginning of a school day or a work day.  At this company, the ringing of the…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/23Dec24-Bevin-Bells-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Once upon a time, a farm needed bells.  Bells were used in conjunction with livestock and other pursuits.  Times have…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/20Dec24-Americas-Stonehenge-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Stone family has long enjoyed this spot on a wooded hill in southern New Hampshire.  In fact, they purchased…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/19Dec24-Americas-Stonehenge-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of us have heard, or perhaps even visited, Stonehenge, the ancient site of giant stones in England.  Did you…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/18Dec24-San-Felipe-de-Austin-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This was once the second largest city in what is today the state of Texas.  But the site was destroyed…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/17Dec24-San-Felipe-de-Austin-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of us have heard of Stephen F Austin and we know he’s connected to Texas, but exactly how he…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/16Dec24-McGulpin-Point-Lighthouse-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many lighthouses are today just historical pieces that harken to the days when lights kept burning through the night to…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/12/13Dec24-McGulpin-Point-Lighthouse-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many have heard of Plymouth Rock, the famous landing spot of the Pilgrims.  But at the northern tip of Michigan,…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/12Dec24-Ely-Nevada-Railway-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Steam locomotives are a thing of the past, but not everywhere.  A trip to eastern Nevada will show you a…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/11Dec24-Ely-Nevada-Railway-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the early 1900s, this area of eastern Nevada saw a boom that brought men and families from all points…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/10Dec24-Sedona-Arizona-History-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some businesses are known by their iconic logos.  For instance, if I refer to the golden arches, you know it’s…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/09Dec24-Sedona-Arizona-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many would say Sedona, Arizona is a beautiful place with a beautiful and unique name.  But where did that name…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/06Dec24-Sedona-Arizona-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before Sedona became a draw for tourists, this type of farming drew homesteaders here.  In fact, one important museum there…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/05Dec24-Merle-Hay.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For many years whenever I drive around the northern edge of Des Moines, on interstates 80 and 35, I have…

https://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2024/11/04Dec24-MM-Divide-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We’ve all heard of the Continental Divide, but have you heard of the M and M Divide?  That high point…